2.Michigan pretty much invented the modern weekend.

The two-day weekend has its origins in the Michigan labor movement and Henry Ford, who "gave his workers two days off back in the early 1900s, even though the federal government didn't mandate the forty-hour work-week until 1938."

3.We brew beers like nobody's business.

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Michigan is one of the top 5 states in the country for number of breweries.

4.Michiganders have a portable, always-available map that they have attached to their arms.